Aesop Tokyo concept made by retail design architects Torafu

japanese studio torafu architects has designed new shops in tokyo and yokohama, japan for australian skincare brand aesop.
Within both retail outlets OSB (oriented strand board) has been utilized as the primary construction material, stained and treated differently to suit their selected site. the front of each compact store features a point of sale counter along with a tester bar arranged in such a way that they allow for easy customer flow as well as comfortable client consultations.

All products are displayed along the back and side walls of both spaces.

The aesop shin-marunouchi site is in a shopping mall situated in the business district at tokyo station. Located within an area of brightly lit skincare and cosmetic stores, torafu architects decided to stain the worktop units with a deep brown in order to highlight the texture of the OSB and to provide a contrast to the light, airy space